Round 5: Tossup 1

In a story by this author, a college student shares an emotionally intimate night with the girl Margaret while driving home for winter vacation. This author curated the anthology The Best American Short Stories of the Century, penned the story “The Happiest I’ve Been,” and wrote three collections about the writer Henry Bech. A story by this author ends with the protagonist reflecting on “how hard the world was going to be to me hereafter” as he stands in a parking lot, unable to find characters nicknamed Plaid, Queenie, and Big Tall Goony-Goony. (10[1])The protagonist abruptly quits (10[1])when his boss Lengel (10[1])chews out three girls for shopping in bathing suits in this author’s (-5[1])story (10[1])“A&P.” For 10 points, what author created the former high school basketball star (10[1])Harry Angstrom in Rabbit, (10[1])Run? ■END■

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